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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1296

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 17 March 1944, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 18 May 1944
  • Delivered, 19 May 1944
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1296 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 20 October 1944     		Borneo operations
    Tarakan Island operation, 26 June to 7 July 1945
    Consolidation and capture of Sou then Philippines
    Visayan Island landings, 26 to 28 March 1945
    Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945     		 
  • Place out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 143 to 160 t.(lt), 309 to 320 t.(fl)
    Length 119' 1" (ovl.)
    Beam 32' 8"
    Draft
    limiting 3' 9"
    maximum navigation 5'
    Speed 10 kts.
    Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
    Complement
    1 officer
    12 enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
    Armament
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    four .50 cal. machine guns
    Armor
    wheelhouse 20lbs
    gun shields 10lbs
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 80 Bbls
    Propulsion
    three Grey Marine 6-71 Diesel engines
    two Diesel-drive 10Kw 120V. D.C. Ships' Service Generators
    three propellers, 675shp
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    LCT-1296
    1018129601    		 179k LCT(6)-1296 and LCT(6)-1016 unloading Australian troops and equipment on Yellow Beach Balikpapan-Manggar Area, Borneo. 1 July 1945.
    COMTASK-GROUP 78.2 - Report of the assault landings in the Balikpapan-Manggar Area, Borneo, 6/15/45-7/7/45 page 126. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration ID 83523931.    		 David Upton
    There is no DANFS history record for LCT(6)-1296 available at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    World War II LCT Flotillas
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    Last Updated 8 December2023